Doll-head structure



Dec. 23, 1930. 5 U 1,785,781

DOLL HEAD STRUCTURE Filed Novw 15, 1927 IN V EN TOR.

Zhuelfllkram Patented Dec. 23, 1930 i -UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARCUS, OF'IBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOMARKON MANUFACTURING 00., me, on NEW Yomgn. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK i )7 I DOLL-HEAD s'rnoorunn jj Application filed November 15, 1927. Serial No. 233,365.

"This inventionrelates to improvement in doll head structure, and a particular object of the invention is to provide such heads a with portions which are ofa differentmate- 7 "5 rial or consistency from the material of the headsaid portions being located and adapted for the attachment of parts or devices which 1 are formed separately from the head but which must be attached'to .the head in the completed doll structure, such for instance as eye sets and the like.

A more specific object is to provide a doll' head molded of any appropriate material but containing inserts, or sections, of a special kind of materialadapted to receive and support the eye sets or other devices, said in serts or sections being of course disposed in appropriate localities as may be'necessary to serve their intended purpose. 7

In the manufacture ofdoll heads as heretofore practiced it has been customary to attach eye sets therein by means of pronged v parts comprised in the sets and driven into the material of the head. The material from which doll heads are manufactured however has not always provided a proper anchor for the prongs of the eye set, being sometimes too hard, and sometimes too soft, etc., in the par ticular locality where the prongs engage, and it is therefore a specific object of the present invention to provide inserts, preferably baked into the head at the time of molding and baking thehead so that said inserts will constitute substantially integral parts of the head and the inserts being of course of such material as to provide efiicient andreliable anchorage for the prongs of the eye set.

Other objects and aims of the invention, moreor less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the courseof the following description of the elements, combinations, ar-

rangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection'contemplated will be indicated in the appended claim. 7

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which-I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. l is a vertical sectional view through the front wall of a doll head showing an insert comprised therein in accordance with this invention.

Fig. Qis .a fragmentary interior view of the head shown in Fig. 1.

"gFigs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. 2 butillustrating modified forms of the inserts, and I Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view through a doll head showing still another form of insert j 1' Referring to the drawings for describing the exemplary structures illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates a doll head having the usual eye openings as 1 and 2 through its front wall and having opposite cheek portions as "3 and 4. 1 i In the structures Figs. 1 to 4 theinserts G shown therein are arranged for attachment of eye setswhich include pronged attaching clude pronged attaching'parts disposed for engaging the cheek portions of the head, said eye sets being of the general type as disclosed in the patent of Alexander Konoff, No. 1,621,072. In this instance therefore the insertsG are embodied in the cheek portions of the head.

It will be understood therefore that the inserts G may be of any form and disposition as may be required according to the type of eye'set or other device which is tobe fastened in position by means thereof. a

In all instances the insertsare intended to be of a suitable material which may be uni the prongs: or other fastening devices of the eye sets. Ordinary soft wood is suitable in many instances, although obviously any other appropriate material maybe used.

In the structure Figs. 1 and 2 the insert consists of a body portion as 5 having upper pose as the walls 9 and 10 of the previous .25 r l V Alexander Konofl Serial No. 161,915; all

parts ofzthe annular-interior wall surface as 180f said insert being equally adaptedyto I and lower lugs as 6 and 7 projecting rear- Wardly therefrom arranged to define a space as 8 between them within which the attachin member or carrier as H of the eye set may be received substantially in the manner as illustrated bythe dotted linesinFig. 1, it being noted that in this instance the body portion 5 is depressed wholly below the sur- H rounding surface of the doll head so that opposite side wallportions as 9arid110 of-the material of the head occur between the lugs 6 and 7, thereby defining a definite, pocket within which the carrier H may be received,

the lugs 6 and 7 beingadapted to receivethe prongs as 11 and 12 of the carrier while the walls 9' and 10- insure correct positioning. of

the carrier between the lugs and centrally between-the two eye openings of thehead.

In the structure Fig. 3 the insert isthe same i as in Figs. land 2 except that in this instance the insert is made to include side wallpartsff as 13and l'which furnish side -,wall surfaces Tclaim as new and desireto lowing claim, a is intended that all matter contained in the above description, orshown in the accompanying drawings, shall beVin-' terpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

-I-Iaving .thus described 7 secure by Letters Patent is:-

my invention, what 7 A moldeddoll head having an insert V 'molded'as apart thereof serving as anchoring means' for a separate device, said insert having a flaring portion embedded within the material of the doll head to prevent its separation from the doll head, and said insert being of a different'material from the ma terial of the dollhead adapting'it to receive attaching prongs ,o f said separate v device thrust thereinto. .7 In testi nony whereof I afiix my signature.

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as 15 and 16 respectively serving thesamepurstructure.

The walls 13 and 14,:being 0fthe-same v material as the remainder of the: insert-may a if desired be utilized for receiving prongs of the eye carrier in some c'ases.

" in the modification Fig. ,4 the structure is i the same as described with reference to'Fig.

3 except that infthisinstancefthe-central open- J ing as 17 provided in the insertg-iinsteadwof vbeing rectangular as in Fig.3; is circular, thereby adapting-the insert for receiving an 7 I eye carrier or attaching mernber-ofa difi'er .ent type such for instance" as that disclosed inFigs'. 9to 12 of the pending application of I it A Q receive prongs or likejattaching parts thrust 1 v I;

thereinto.

. In' the modificationFig. ,5 the; inserts comprise simple blocks of appropriate size and shape molded one with each of the cheek portions of the head, said blocks as shown'pro- Viding opposing-faces as 19 and 20- which f are parallel with each other and properly. so

placed to receiveythe eye set carrier or attaching member H. V I" e 1 1 Any suitable means may be employed for insuring an intimate connection of the :inserts'with the material of the doll head as? i may be required but for the purposeof illus- I I tration the drawing shows in each instancea I flaring inner flange portionas- 21 upon the insert to accoinrlish s lt. It will be 1 -nnderstoodhowever that any other appropriate means may be employed and that even if desired the inserts may be cemented in position.

As many changes could; inade -in this onstruction 1 without. departingom Vthe I scope of theinventionas defined in the fol 

